Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-03

| s'Ifoh. InEee-luartef5 OF the whole
area les within the southern temperate
zone. The climate is delightful. The
population in 1884 was estimated al 81
!52, 100 souls, exclusive of Indians. and
} during lSs5 aud 1886 more than 25O, 900
immigrants landed IN Buenos Ayres, the
great majority OF whom were thrifty az
riculturists and mechanics.
Inc government of the Argentine Re-
public is modelled after thsf of the United
States. The President is elected for six
years. The Congress is composed of SEN
ators and Deputies, the former being an
portioned as in the United States, two to
each state, and Al addition of two 10 the
capital city; and the latter, one TO each
20, 600 inhabitants, the capital city having
its proportion OF deputies.
The trade OF Buenos Ayes is immense,
whether measured by the number of V $
seis and their tonnage arriving and de-
parting during the year or by the money
value of the exports and imports. Dur
ing 1884 the number of steamers arriving
IN the Ia Plata was 5745, whose aggre-
gate tonnage was 2,2-S, 7O4 tons. The
departures We're 800, repre- senting 2G2,-
o23 tons. The number Of sailing vessels ar
irving was 525l. with 8 tonnage of 1856
tons, and the departures Were 1882, car
rylng $50, 269 tons. The total arrivals of
steam and sailing vessels were 1896.
with a tonnage OF &,0l2, 500. while the de
partureS We're 3lS7, with tonnage of
$50, 30 tons; the aggregate total being
I9,IoS vessels with carrying capacity of
5,o6+,t TOO tons. The foreign commerce of
the republic fer the year 1884 wss Sl62,-
OS5,3S0, against $40, 643, S04 for 1852
and Sl2l ,654.9S4 for 1882 This was an
increase of So, $50, 099 in .wo years.
The movements of commerce on the
Farana and Uruguay rivers in 1885,
amounted 10 S44, 304 SIG. OF this sum
wheat and TOUR represented 81 ,063, 500
The great bulk Of this trade of 1852 ,lOS,-
$50 was done by Germany, Belgium,
France and Great Britain These FIVE
countries traded with the Argentine Re-
public in 1884 to the extent of Sll5,G55,-
100. Great Britain had the decided ad-
yantage-her goods selling to the amount
OF $50, I27, 694, while she took of the pro-
ducts OF the Republic only the sum OF
SI,2ll 49, worth. The trade of the
Unlted States with the Argentine Repub-
lie in 1884 was Sll, 5l9, $50, of which she
bought 81 ,064, S4S and sold 57,454,S32
1t is notorious fact that American cot
tons are far better than those made in
England. Years ago they were well
known throughout South America, and so
great was the repu aticn they had that
to-day Manchester cottons-fimsy fabrics
filled with siZing-are sold because they
have the trade mark of an Amer ican eagle
stamped On them and are marked "the
best American cotton" Within Z year
or two Gaor@is manufacturers have been
sending sample lots of their goods to
Brazil, and without any particular exer-
ton further than this are securing q fair
demand for their wares.
The following are some of the articles
concerning which inquiries are constantly
received: Fire engines of latest design
and improvements; building materials,
such es cast-iroa columns and fronts for
business buildings, rolled iron girders,
encaustic tiles; brick making machinery,
electric light machinery, small steam
launches, tugbOats, dredging machinery:
steam engines, fixed, semi-p5rtable and
portable; machinery for making fish oil,
for linseed crushing, for fax breaking,
for stone breaking, for sewing socks; gas
engines, gas stoves, pumps of simple con-
struction for farm work; horse powers
and wind mills, and pump worked
by both; rivets, bolts, chains,
bar iron, tin plste, wire ropes,
sisal ropes, flour mills on the roller sys-
TEN, points, soda ash, palm oil, syphon
bottles for aerated waters, bags for frozen
mutton, kidneys, tongues, etc, ma
chinery for stamping tins, agate,
hollow-ware, stationery and book
binding goods, paper, for newspapers
(the manufacture of paper would be
prottable), straw boards; wood pulp
machinery could be introduced. Builders
and saddlery hardware, mechsaics' tools;
carriage hardware ana fittings re in de-
mand.
There are many banks in Buenos Ayres,
but there is absolutely no banking bust
ness done with the United States. Even
our Minister and Consuls have to draw
Tor their salaries. The disbursements to
our naval force in La Plata waters, the
rendtzv of our South Atlantic SQUAD
ron, have to be through London. You
cannot remit to or from South America
except by way OF l. )ndOn. We pay $780,
300 600 yesr to Brazil alone in exchange
on London. ,,ss -